Padbury is a village within the

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unitary authority area, England. It is located on the A413 main road that links Buckingham with Winslow.

History

The village name is

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in origin, and means 'Padda's fortress'. In the

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of 1086 the village was recorded as ''Pateberie''. The Manor of Padbury was exchanged, around the time of the

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, for the Manor of Iver between Robert Doyley and Robert Clarenbold of the Marsh. The village had the distinction in Domesday as being one of the few villages in the country still owned by a native rather than a Norman family. It remained in this family (who later took the name 'de Wolverton' after the town of

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) until 1442 when it was sold to

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. Padbury is near Milton Keynes, just under 50 miles north of London. During the

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Padbury was the site of a skirmish between the

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and Parliamentarian forces. The Royalists won on this occasion, and the burial of eight Parliamentarian

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s is recorded in the burial register for 2 July 2 1643. In December 2014 a hoard of 5,251½ silver coins from the late

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period was found in a field at Lenborough near Padbury by an 8 year old boy and had originally been deposited within a lead container; they were sent to the

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for evaluation and conservation.

Hospitality

The village features two pubs, 'The New Inn' and 'The 4 and 20'. The 4 and 20 pub has shut down and is currently up for sale - with plans to turn it into a house. However, Padbury's residents are against this idea, and hope to turn it into a 'community hub' - with some residents investing.

Facilities

The village has two tennis courts, a football pitch and a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA).

Education

Padbury Church of England School is a mixed

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. It is a voluntary controlled school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The school has approximately 110 pupils. It has been ranked in the top 10 performing schools of over 220 primary schools in Buckinghamshire.

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